Comments on: Rooney Rant.

By: Random Esquire

Random Esquire — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:43:04 +0000

KissyFace – I think I’d take a valium before the whole thing, too. I’d over-think it as they put those eye clamps in and then I’d bite a pencil in two.

I’ll probably pass on the polka-dotted glasses… but who knows?

By: Random Esquire

Random Esquire — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:41:38 +0000

Buzd – I’ve scratched my eye once and it was horrible. Any light at all sent me into a tail spin.

I just talked to my doc about lasik and I’m going to go in for an evaluation in the next month or so. Woo!

By: KissyFace

KissyFace — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:53:45 +0000

Correction: Valium was *not* a minor inconvenience. My bad.

By: KissyFace

KissyFace — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:52:53 +0000

RE, *definitely* get LASIK, hon. I had it 7 yrs ago and haven’t regretted it for one second. I don’t remember the burning flesh smell, thank God. They did give me a Valium to calm me for the procedure, and my eyes felt a little scratchy for a day or two, but those were minor inconveniences. (Definitely have someone go with you to drive you home.) And if you’re over 40, buy reading glasses…LOTS of reading glasses. My presbyopia became much more pronounced after my vision was made perfect. It’s one of the downfalls, but manageable. I even found sexy polka-dotted reading SUNglasses (with a matching case). The cabana boys can’t tell I’m wearing old-lady glasses to read my (large print) books on the beach. Yes, I’m hot. LOL

By: Buzd

Buzd — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:21:25 +0000

Oh yea I totally forgot about the burning flesh smell, I am sure that is true for both procedures though.
“Scrachiness” my ass, I was begging for more Percecet after day 2. Have you ever scratched your eye on accident it flipping hurts and just think of both your eyeball getting scratched X10.

By: Random Esquire

Random Esquire — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:56:35 +0000

Buzd: I just read this about PRK:

“The laser machine will make a steady clicking sound while the laser pulses are happening, and you may smell a faintly acrid odor during the tissue removal. Don’t worry, that’s normal.”

Oh HELL no. Then this:

“The doctor may prescribe medication for any postoperative pain, but many people feel no more than mild discomfort or “scratchiness” afterward.”

At which, I snorted.

By: Buzd

Buzd — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:52:37 +0000

Seriously I was thinking to myself am I her for a teeth cleaning too. I found out soon enough things were not going to be pleasant.

By: Random Esquire

Random Esquire — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:45:25 +0000

Buzd – Holy CRAP. I cringed at the “grind that membrane away.” I’m not sure there’s enough Percocet in the world to make me try that. Man, what’s your pain threshold?? Now I’m going to have to google that procedure. That’s really something else.

By: Buzd

Buzd — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:36:59 +0000

I am in the Navy and they covered the bill for PRK. My eye sight is better than 20/20 now. But, don’t ever get PRK go with LASIK. The Navy only lets a small amount of people do the LASIK and the PRK they have been doing longer and apparently is more approved and tested. So for PRK let me describe it:
1. They put these strong numbing drops on your eye.
2. So unlike LASIK where they make a round incision around the cornea and peel back the flap the membrane that covers your cornea. This is what gets scratched if you ever scratch your eyeball and it hurts like hell and your eyes water for a day. Well with PRK they take a what looked like a sonic care tooth brush head and they essentially just use the brush grind that membrane away.
3. They put the eye under the laser machine and they reshape your cornea.
4. Repeat for the other eye.
5. 15 minutes later the numbing drops wear off and you are doubled over in pain for 3 days.
6. For those three days you are counting the seconds for they next numbing drops that you are on a strict time schedule that gets longer between doses to ween you off them. But if you weren’t afraid the drops if not taken per the prescribed doses would affect your permanent vision, you would take them every 10 minutes. But fortunately you also get to take wonderful Percocet every 6 hours.
For LASIK those people get that membrane flap back on there eye after the laser part and there is very little recovery time. But after all said and done I love not worrying about glasses, contacts and being able to wear cool sunglasses, that the pain was worth it.

By: Random Esquire

Random Esquire — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:40:58 +0000

Lily – I love people who are easily amused. It suits me.

Instigator – Ah yes, your teeth thing. Oh, and you can’t lean over. You know, you can’t lean over.

Kez – Very caniney. Ranting feels good!

KT – *laugh* Yeah, he’s got conditioner. Boss really liked him to smell good so we got it and now it’s just a habit. He’s unwilling to give it up because the bitches dig it.